News tagged with newborn baby

Cells derived from pluripotent stem cells are developmentally immature

Stem cell researchers at UCLA have discovered that three types of cells derived from human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells are similar to each other, but are much more developmentally immature than ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Making a spectacle of star formation in Orion

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looking like a pair of eyeglasses only a rock star would wear, this nebula brings into focus a murky region of star formation. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope exposes the depths of this dusty ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite ferrets out planet-hunting targets

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have come up with a new way of identifying close, faint stars with NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite. The technique should help in the hunt for planets that lie beyond ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 08, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breastfed children do better at school, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have shown that breastfeeding causes children to do better at school. The research conducted by Oxford University and the Institute for Social and Economic Research, Essex University, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Low pre-natal vitamin D doubles schizophrenia risk

(PhysOrg.com) -- Newborn babies with low levels of vitamin D have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia later in life, researchers at the Queensland Brain Institute have found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Paternal mice bond with their offspring through the power of touch

New research from neuroscientist Samuel Weiss, PhD, director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the Faculty of Medicine, shows that paternal mice that physically interact with their babies grow new brain cells and form lasting ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Brown fat cells make 'spare tires' shrink

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Bonn have found a new signalling pathway which stimulates the production and function of so-called brown fat cells. They propose using these cells that serve as a "natural ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 5

Breast milk should be drunk at the same time of day that it is expressed

The levels of the components in breast milk change every 24 hours in response to the needs of the baby. A new study published in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience shows, for example, how this milk could ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Vitamin C deficiency impairs early brain development

(PhysOrg.com) -- Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists identify gene linked to deadly disorder in newborns

(PhysOrg.com) -- After 12 years of searching, UCLA scientists have tracked down the first known gene mutation responsible for a heartbreaking disorder that kills newborn babies. Published in the April 1 online ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Babies, Bacteria and Breast Milk: Genome Sequence Reveals Evolutionary Alliance

(PhysOrg.com) -- As every parent discovers, human babies are bubbling, burping processing plants that take in milk, extract compounds useful for rapid growth and development, and unceremoniously excrete the byproducts. Those ...

Biology /

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers discover biochemical weakness of malaria parasite -- vaccine to be developed

Every year, 10,000 pregnant women and up to 200,000 newborn babies are killed by the malaria parasite. Doctors all around the globe have for years been looking in vain for a medical protection, and now researchers from the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Potentially toxic flame retardants detected in baby products

Scientists are reporting detection of potentially toxic flame retardants in car seats, bassinet mattresses, nursing pillows, high chairs, strollers, and other products that contain polyurethane foam and are designed for newborns, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Once upon a time in the Intensive Care Unit ...

The first few days after birth is an important time when babies learn to recognize the sound of their parents' voice and the parents in turn bond with their children. However, the separation between parents and newborns admitted ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Record births' after New Zealand quake

A record number of babies were born in the aftermath of the powerful 7.0 earthquake that rocked New Zealand this weekend, hospital officials said on Monday.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0